Islahuddin (field hockey)

Islahuddin (Urdu: اِصلاح الدین; born 10 January 1948) is a field hockey player from Pakistan.^[1][3] He was born in Meerut, India.^{[citation needed]}

Islahuddin
اِصلاح الدین

Personal information
Full name	Islahuddin Siddiqui
Born	10 January 1948 (1948-01-10) (age 77)[1]
Medal record Medal record Men's field hockey Representing  Pakistan Olympic Games 1972 Munich[2] Team competition 1976 Montreal[2] Team competition World Cup 1971 Barcelona Team 1975 Kuala Lumpur Team 1978 Buenos Aires Team Asian Games 1970 Bangkok Team 1974 Tehran Team 1978 Bangkok Team Champions Trophy 1978 Lahore Team
Last updated on: 6 April 2024

A right winger from Pakistan, he led Pakistan to Hockey World Cup glory in 1978. Not only did Pakistan win the World Cup under his captaincy, it also completed a grand slam by winning the Champions Trophy and an Asian Games gold medal as well in 1978.^[4]

Islahuddin played between 1967 and 1978. He was capped 130 times and scored 137 goals. He won the silver medal in the 1972 Summer Olympics at Munich, W. Germany and a bronze medal in the 1976 Summer Olympics at Montreal.^[1][3] Islahuddin was member of team that won 1971 World Cup under captaincy of Khalid Mahmood in Barcelona. He was captain of 1975 World Cup runner-up team and 1978 World Cup winning team. He was gold medalist in the 1970 Asian Games held at Bangkok, 1974 Asian Games held at Tehran and 1978 Asian Games at Bangkok.

After his retirement from the sport, he has been associated with hockey as a coach and manager of the Pakistan field hockey team along with commentator and member of the FIH rules board. In 1990, he was manager of Pakistan team that was runner up in the World Cup tournament played in Lahore, Pakistan.^{[citation needed]} The FIH awarded him the greatest award in hockey services, the diploma of merit, in recognition of his international hockey services.^{[citation needed]} He was the captain of the Pakistan hockey team in 45 international matches (43 matches were won and two ended in a draw).

Islahuddin is also author of book 'Dash Through My Life'.^[5]

Career

• He was the manager and chief coach of 'Asian Eleven' in 1990 and then 'Asian Eleven' won the tournament of the five continents.

Awards and recognition

• Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 1982^[4]
• Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award by the President of Pakistan in 2010^[6]
• Plans for a new hockey academy and stadium in Karachi were announced in January 2010. This academy will help the sportsmen in Karachi to use the facilities for developing their skills. Karachi Saddar Town administrator told reporters on the occasion that naming the academy after legendary hockey player like Islahuddin was to honour him for his services to the game of hockey.^[7]

See also

• Pakistan Hockey Federation